Screaming guitar riffs layered over synth pads that sound like the sky itself is cheering you on. Air Combat 22 commits fully to that mid-90s arcade flight fantasy, and "If the Sky is Bumin' Out!" is the main theme doing exactly what the title promises, burning through speakers with unhinged energy.
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"Spread Your Wings" pulls back into something more cinematic, almost wistful, like a sunset viewed from the cockpit at mach speed. Then "Into the Twilight" closes the expert mode with this gorgeous slow burn. The track names alone ("Bomb the Start!"
, "We Will Lock You") tell you Namco's sound team was having the time of their lives. Essential for anyone who ever gripped a flight stick in an arcade cabinet.